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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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